# Willy Katz — One of Ours character guide

> Willy Katz in One of Ours by Willa Cather.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Willy, Poor Willy Katz

**First appearance:** 0061-i

## Who they are

A soldier in Claude's company who dies in battle.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/iv)

Willy Katz knows the cornflowers but offers no information about them.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xvi)

Charges the German officer with Claude and is shot dead.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/one_of_ours_se/chapters/xvii)

Mentioned as having a funeral that would have been impossible in South Omaha.

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